An American Samoan man, sentenced last month at the federal court in Honolulu for interfering with the flight crew of a Hawaiian Airlines flight from American Samoa to Hawai’i,  will now serve three months of home confinement following a recent arrest by Honolulu police.

Aumoeualogo Agaaoa Togia pleaded guilty last September to interfering with the flight crew, after he bit a flight attendant during the July 2016 flight from Pago Pago to Honolulu. The lesser charge of simple assault was dismissed under a plea agreement.

Prosecutors say Togia was intoxicated when the incident occurred. And when interviewed by federal agents in Honolulu, Togia said he was a “bad drunk” and couldn’t recall what happened on the flight, where it took at least three passengers to restraint him to a passenger seat, according to the federal complaint.

Togia was sentenced Jan. 5, 2017 to serve five years probation and a long list of special conditions he must abide with, including that he is prohibited from the possession or use of alcohol during the probation term. It was at the same that a US Probation Officer made these conditions clear to Togia including that “he is to refrain from using alcohol,” according to court documents.

However, documents show that Togia was questioned by Honolulu police following a fight with another man, outside of a nightclub in Honolulu on Jan. 7. He left the club and returned later and attempted to start a fight with other patrons.

Based on a report from Honolulu police, federal court documents say Togia was intoxicated and police officers detected fumes from a strong alcohol type beverage coming from Togia and he was slurring his words. He was arrested for disorderly conduct, when he failed to leave the nightclub area.

When questioned Jan. 30 by the US Probation Office about the Honolulu police report, Togia denied consuming alcohol on Jan. 7. Togia met again with the federal probation officers on Feb. 3 at which time he admitted to consuming alcohol on or about Jan. 7, according to court documents, which detail Togia’s statement.

Probation officers admonished him for his violation of probation, but also commended him for taking responsibility for his actions. To address his noncompliance, Togia agreed to add a new condition to his probation - complete three months of home detention with location monitoring with an alcohol detection accessory.

During Togia’s probation status hearing on Feb. 9, the court adopted the recommendation from the probation office.

To his credit, according to the probation officer report, Togia currently works full time at  a hardware chain store, as well as a part time job with a food catering firm. Additionally, he continues to live with his family in Honolulu, has been attending outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment and drug and alcohol testing. And all drug tests have been negative for illicit drugs.